QUESTION OF THE DAY: Who will win the NBA Finals?
The NBA Finals have started, with the Miami Heat of the Eastern Conference taking on the Denver Nuggets of the Western Conference.
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Sunday Sit-down with Andy Humphrey
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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Norma Hunt, mother of Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, dies at 85
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Norma Hunt, the wife of the late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, has died at the age of 85, the Hunt family announced in a statement released by the team. Pegged by many as the matriarch of the Kansas City Chiefs, Hunt attended all 57 Super Bowls in her lifetime. She even
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Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco holds youth football camp in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco was at Rock Bridge High School Sunday for a youth football camp, put on by Flexwork Sports Management, a company that sets up camps with professional and college athletes across the country. Pacheco is coming off of a big rookie season in Kansas City, going
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St. Louis swept in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) The Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 2-1 win on Sunday morning at PNC Park. The red birds have gone 2-6 through the club’s last eight games, in the form of a series sweep from the Pirates, a split series with Kansas City and a
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Mizzou picks up commitment from 7-foot forward
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates secured a late Sunday night commitment from Oral Roberts transfer Conner Vanover. The 7-foot-5 forward started his career at Cal and then played two seasons at Arkansas. In his year his year with the Golden Eagles, he averaged about 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks
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Royals avoid taking a sweep from the Rockies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided taking what would have been the club’s sixth sweep of the season with a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon. Pitcher Brady Singer had a standout day on the bump in the shutout win. He threw for a little more than five innings,
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Tolton soccer captures program’s first-ever state championship
FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team won the Class 1 state championship on Saturday afternoon, with a 1-0 win against Villa Duchesne at Soccer Park in St. Louis. It’s the first state title in program history. The shutout win also solidifies a quite stat: the Trailblazers did not let up a single goal
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SOMO Summer Games continues Saturday in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2023 Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) State Summer Games continues in Columbia on Saturday with two events at Hickman High School. The three-day competition is set to bring more than 1,000 athletes, coaches, volunteers and others to the area. The organization kicked off an opening ceremony on Friday night at the Mizzou
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Behind the scenes of Ross Chastain’s unique history at World Wide Technology Raceway
Columbia, MO (KMIZ) When the NASCAR Cup Series came to the St Louis area for the first time, Ross Chastain emerged as one of the biggest storylines. The driver of the No. 1 car for Trackhouse Racing wrecked Denny Hamlin and later made contact with Chase Elliot’s left rear quarter panel, spinning his car around. The
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Special Olympics Missouri to kick off State Summer Games
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ.) The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will kick off with an opening ceremony Friday night at Mizzou Rec. This will be the group’s second full event since 2018. All summer games were canceled in 2019 after a tornado hit Jefferson City. In 2020, Special Olympics Missouri was canceled again because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tolton headed to state championship with a shutout win in the semifinals
FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team is headed to the Class 1 state championship. The Trailblazers shutout Bishop LeBlond in a 1-0 semifinal win on Friday at Soccer Park in St. Louis. The last time the Blazers were in a state title game was in 2015, when the team fell just short with
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Special Olympics to be held in Columbia this weekend
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,000 athletes will be in Columbia this weekend for the Special Olympics. The event officially kicked off Friday night. This year’s state summer games include volleyball, swimming, power lifting and track and field. The games will be held at the University of Missouri and Hickman High School all weekend.
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SEC sticking to eight-game conference slate in 2024; still looking at long-term options
DESTIN, Fla. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that teams will play in an eight conference games in the 2024 season, as both Texas and Oklahoma join the ranks. The eight-game slate is a one-year solution, but the long-term model hasn’t been set yet. The SEC did announce one change on Thursday evening. The divisions that
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South Callaway finishes second in Class 3 after a 3-1 title loss to Licking
OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway baseball team had their best finish since 2017, finishing the year in second place in Class 3 after a 3-1 loss in to Licking in Thursday’s state title game. The Bulldogs got down early with three Wildcats run scored in the second inning. During the second, South Callaway got
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Fulton falls short of state championship appearance; Hornets to play for third place
OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) After an impressive playoff run, the Fulton Hornets baseball team fell short of a trip to the Class 4 state championship due to a 5-1 loss to John Burroughs in Wednesday’s semifinal matchup. The Bombers put an early run on the board in the first and tacked on three more in the
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Mizzou’s Kobe Brown set to stay in NBA Draft; will not return to MU
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown has officially played his final game in a Tiger uniform. The 23-year-old announced that he will stay in the NBA Draft in a social media post on Wednesday. In that social media post Brown said, “I couldn’t be happier to call Mizzou home, but with that being
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Mizzou’s Trevor Austin to hit the transfer portal
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou infielder Trevor Austin is set to enter the transfer portal, a team spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday night. The news comes just three days after MU Athletics fired head coach Steve Bieser. The Helias alum led the Tiger attack at the plate in 2023. Through his junior season, he registered 36 RBI
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South Callaway baseball punches ticket to Class 3 state title game
OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway Bulldogs are headed to the Class 3 state championship after a 9-4 win in Wednesday’s semifinal game over Portageville. This will be the Bulldogs first trip back to the state title game after winning it back in 2017. The full interview with head coach Heath Lepper can be found
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Mizzou football announces start times for two home games
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics and ESPN announced the official start times for two of MU’s home games in the 2023 season on Wednesday. Mizzou will kick off against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The game will be simulcast on ESPN+ and SEC Network+. The next week,
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